The ability of the human brain to successively learn or perform two competing tasks
constitutes a major challenge in daily function. Indeed, exposing the brain to two different …

Anterograde interference emerges when two differing tasks are learned in close temporal
proximity, an effect repeatedly attributed to a competition between differing task memories …

Learning new facts and skills in succession can be frustrating because no sooner has new
knowledge been acquired than its retention is being jeopardized by learning another set of …

According to the reconsolidation hypothesis, long-term memories return to a plastic state
upon their reactivation, leaving them vulnerable to interference effects and requiring re …

The human brain is known by its ability to modify and update existing memories, mediated
by underlying neuronal plasticity. This ability is facilitated by two main phenomena …

Consecutive training on two movement sequences often leads to retroactive interference—
obstructing memory for the initially trained sequence but not for the second. However, in the …

Two behavioral phenomena characterize human motor memory consolidation: diminishing
susceptibility to interference by a subsequent experience and the emergence of delayed …

Our memories frequently have features in common. For example, a learned sequence of
words or actions can follow a common rule, which determines their serial order, despite …

Reconsolidation theory posits that upon retrieval, consolidated memories are destabilized
and need to be restabilized in order to persist. It has been suggested that experience with a …

Memory reactivation—the reinstatement of processes and representations engaged when
an event is initially experienced—is believed to play an important role in strengthening and …